13-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal cruised to the quarter-final of the Roland Garros as he thrashed Italian Jannik Sinner in straight units on Monday (June 7).
Nadal, who’s but to drop a set in Paris because the 2019 ultimate, was given an early scare by Sinner earlier than recovering late within the first set after which continuing to clinch the sport 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 to enter his fifteenth French Open quarter-final.
Jeu, set, match: Nadal @RafaelNadal makes it 35 units in a row at #RolandGarros as he dismisses Sinner 7-5, 6-3, 6-0. pic.twitter.com/VALFKoXY8K
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 7, 2021
Nadal will subsequent tackle Diego Schwartzman, the tenth seed from Argentina, who hit elegant type defeating Germany’s world No.42 Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6(9), 6-4, 7-5 to make the last-eight grade at Roland Garros for the third time.
Interestingly, Schwartzman is but to lose a set within the event.
The candy style of victory #RolandGarros | @RafaelNadal pic.twitter.com/sofpDnAwlE
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 7, 2021
Earlier, world no.1 Novak Djokovic got here again from a two-set deficit to beat Italian teenager Lorenzo Musetti who retired within the fifth set and the Serbian moved into the French Open quarterfinals.
Djokovic prevailed 6-7(7), 6-7(2), 6-1, 6-0, 4-0 in three hours and 27 minutes, earlier than 19-year-old Musetti retired. For the 2016 French Open champion, it was the fifth time in his profession to comeback from two-sets-to-love all the way down to win.
Djokovic will tackle Italy’s ninth seed Matteo Berrettini, who obtained a walkover after Swiss ace Roger Federer withdrew from the event on Sunday, for a spot within the semi-finals.
Tennis – Most successive males’s quarter-finals at single Grand Slam in Open Era
13 – Jimmy Connors (1973-1985)
12 – @DjokerNole (2010-2021) (+1)
11 – Roger Federer (2004-2014)
11 – Ivan Lendl (1982-1992)
11 – Jimmy Connors (1972-1982)#RolandGarros— Gracenote Olympic (@GracenoteGold) June 7, 2021
Djokovic, who’s within the quarterfinals for a document twelfth consecutive yr, got here via his first huge check at this yr’s French Open, successful 13 video games in a row from a 3-1 benefit within the third set to a 4-0 lead within the decider in opposition to Musetti.
Djokovic, the 18-time Grand Slam champion, will go into the quarterfinal contest in opposition to Berrettini stuffed with confidence as he had crushed the Italian 6-2, 6-1 of their solely earlier assembly, on the 2019 Nitto ATP Finals.
